Venture capital, angel financing, and crowdfunding have evolved and matured in the
entrepreneurial finance market. These market developments have also been accompanied …

The business angel market is changing. Business angels are increasingly investing as part
of organised and managed angel groups alongside other angels rather than on their own …

Digital entrepreneurship highly relies on external sources of financing to foster growth. This
study aims at investigating how angel groups and venture capital (VC) funds affect growth of …

This note describes a new database on innovative start-ups and companies, called
Crunchbase, with a focus on its potential for economic and managerial research …

Business angel investing–a key source of finance for entrepreneurial businesses–is rapidly
evolving from a fragmented and largely anonymous activity dominated by individuals …

A growing number of young and emerging businesses obtain financial resources through
open calls over the Internet. Such campaigns are often hosted on specialised platforms that …

This paper provides preliminary evidence on the effects of membership in a business angel
network (BAN) on the investment decisions of the members. Using a novel dataset …

This paper provides evidence that equity crowdfunding has implications for firms long after
the capital raised through the campaign is injected. Using a unique dataset of 290 firms that …

This paper provides a structured literature review of 84 business angel articles published
between 2000 and 2013, building on the 1999 review contacted by Mason and Harrison …

Equity crowdfunding allows entrepreneurs to directly access financing from a large number
of investors via Internet platforms. Recent research has started to examine additional, non …